Three sketches for a portrait by Lucian Freud. Triptych

Francis Bacon • Painting, 1969, 147.5×198 cm

Three sketches for a portrait by Lucian Freud. Triptych

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Art form: Painting

Subject and objects: Portrait

Style of art: Expressionism

Technique: Oil

Materials: Canvas

Date of creation: 1969

Size: 147.5×198 cm

Region: Portland, Oregon

Location: Art Museum, Portland

Artwork in selections: 15 selections

Description of the artwork «Three sketches for a portrait by Lucian Freud. Triptych»

198×147.5 cm, the size of each of the three paintings. In 2013, the triptych at Christie's auction was bought for $ 142.4 million, a record for the open auctions. May 11, 2015 artwork "lost" the palm of the Picasso painting "the women of Algiers (version O)" ($ 179 million 365 thousand)

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